Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.88% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	221% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit색
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '17 at 14:46
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$49 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 622 8-Core 609 83% 615 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4541 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.88% Terrible	Lighting 9.3 Reflection 13.8 Parallax 8.97 8% 10.7 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 8.03 Splatting 19.2 11% 13.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.88% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TAMMUZ 256GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.0 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,088 Write 1,077 Mixed 1,633 354% 1,599 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 23.3 4K Mixed 50.9 144% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 667 DQ Write 490 DQ Mixed 142 225% 433 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 221%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$90 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 177 5983 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1593 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 574 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9992 (C2) HDA temperature 127 106 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	73.1% Very good	Read 131 Write 124 Mixed 119 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.26 103% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 96%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 93GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 144 144 25788088566 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2868 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1819 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3716 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3716 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 227633922073 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.1% Good	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 101 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 68GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 45 (03) Spinup time 162 158 4866 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6690 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15867 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5189 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1223 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6681 (C2) HDA temperature 121 85 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.2% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 79.2 Mixed 73.3 62% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.34 90% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43EB1-CPB 2x8GB 3,609 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 35 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 36.3 99% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 79%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,627x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	855x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	611x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,006x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	904x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	477x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	445x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	182x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	354x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	259x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $709

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $160
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353